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Description: | A cast copper-alloy medieval hooked mount, generally described as a harness hook. It consists of a large conical stop from the base of which protrudes a long D-sectioned integral hook, now broken at its tip. The stop is thicker than the hook and has a sub-circular cross-section. It is shallowly faceted, and tapers to a zoomorphic terminal. The animal head has moulded nose and jaws, the lowermost parallel to the base of the stop. The hook travels straight down from the centre of the stop before developing into the hook, the inner surface of which is flat.The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour with some areas of off-white and light-green corrosion product. The colour of the metal is consistent with gilding; only a trace now survives. Parallel artefacts can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 215-216; refs. 775, 776, previously published in Read 1995).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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